Frans Masereel Art
Belgian, 1889-1972
In 1921 Masereel returned to Paris, where he painted his famous street scenes, the Montmartre-paintings. He lived for a time in Berlin, where his closest creative friend was George Grosz. After 1925 he lived near Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he painted predominantly coast areas, harbour views, and portraits of sailors and fishermen. During the 1930s the number of illustrated books and single woodcuts decreased. In 1940 he fled from Paris and lived in several cities in the South of France.to
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Artist: Frans Masereel
Bodies and Heads / - The new human couple -
By Frans Masereel
Located in Berlin, DE
Frans Masereel (1889 Blankenberge - 1972 Avignon), Bodies and Heads, 1948. Woodcut on Japanese paper, 24.5 cm x 18 cm (image), 42.5 cm x 33.5 cm (frame), monogrammed and dated “FM 19...
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1940s Expressionist Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Paper
Danse Macabre - Rare Book Engraved by Frans Masereel - 1941
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Danse Macabre is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) in 1941.
Original Edition.
950 numbered copies.
Published by Lang, ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Photogravure
Amsterdam - Woodcut Print by Frans Masereel - 1933
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Amsterdam is an artwork realized by Frans Masereel, 1933.
Woodcut print representing Amsterdam.
75 x 55 with frame; 17h x 12 cm each work.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
$193 Sale Price
35% Off
Frans Masereel - Exposition - Woodcut by Frans Masereel - 1967
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Frans Masereel - Exposition is an artwork realized in 1967.
Woodcut.
Signed on plate.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Woodcut
Juin 40 - Rare Book Illustrated by Frans Masereel - 1912
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Juin 40 is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) in 1912.
Original Edition.
Précédé de “Fragments d’un journal de guerre 1940” de Henry de Montherlant.
1550 numbered copies.
Published by Pierre Tisné, Paris.
Format: Oblong 4°. The dimensions and the weight are indicative.
The book includes 32 + 7 Pages with 32 Full page Lithographs.
Good conditions.
Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972). He was a Flemish painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France, known especially for his woodcuts focused on political and social issues, such as war and capitalism. He completed over 40 wordless novels in his career, and among these, his greatest is generally said to be Passionate Journey. Masereel's woodcuts influenced Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as Clifford Harper, Eric Drooker, and Otto Nückel. Masereel's woodcuts influenced Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as George Walker, Clifford Harper, Eric Drooker, and New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. Masereel's woodcut series, mainly of sociocritical content and expressionistic in form, made Masereel internationally known. Among them were the wordless novels 25 Images of a Man's Passion (1918), Passionate Journey (1919), The Sun (1919), The Idea (1920), Story Without Words (1920), and Landscapes and Voices (1929). At that time Masereel also drew illustrations for famous works of world literature by Thomas Mann, Émile Zola, and Stefan Zweig.
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1940s Modern Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Lithograph
Clef des Songes - Rare Book by Frans Masereel - 1950
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 715 copies including 30 original full-page woodcuts by the author. Copy on teinté paper. Includes a nice dedication on frontispiece to Nesto Jacometti by the author.
Co...
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1950s Surrealist Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Paper
$316 Sale Price
30% Off
Die Mutter - Rare Book Illustrated by Frans Masereel - 1919
By Frans Masereel
Located in Roma, IT
Die Mutter is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) and written by Leonhard Frank (Würzburg, 1882 – Munich, 1961) in 1919.
Original Edition.
1000 number...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Frans Masereel Art
Materials
Paper
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